Interpretation of plans and specifications, preparation of construction estimates, and cost control. Methods analysis, resource requirements, and resource costs in building systems, including system components, and in large-scale civil engineering works such as highways, bridges, and hydraulic structures.

• Evaluate a client's conceptual design and provide broad, conceptual cost estimates commensurate with the level of detail available.
• Prepare pre-bid estimates based on parameters and historical cost records.
• Determine the cost of work crews by analyzing labor, material and equipment rates and develop bid item level estimates based on crew costs and crew productions.
• Design construction operations and select between alternative strategies to prepare a construction cost estimate for a typical civil engineering project.
• Trace the steps needed to submit a bid which is responsive to owner requirements and responsible in terms of bidders' business risk.
• Transform a bid into a construction budget, performing associated cost and schedule progress calculations.
• Contribute as a member of an integrated team to complete a project design.
• Exhibit skills in preparing a written report and giving an oral/visual presentation.

• Michael J. Garvin
• Sunil K. Sinha
• Tripp Shealy